1 Background 9
1.1 Integrated Waste Management Plans 10
1.2 Waste characterisation studies 15
1.5 Hazardous waste management plans 19
1.6 Literature findings pertaining to specific waste streams 20
GW 01 - Municipal waste 20
GW 10 – Commercial and Industrial waste 21
GW 20 – Organic waste 22
GW 30 – Construction and demolition waste 23
GW 50 – Paper 23
GW 51 - Plastic 25
GW 52 – Glass 26
GW 53 – Metals 27
GW 54 – Tyres 28
GW 99 - Other 29
HW 01 - Gaseous waste 29
HW 02 – Mercury containing waste 29
HW 03 – Batteries 31
HW 04 – POP waste 31
HW 05 – Inorganic waste 31
HW 06 – Asbestos containing waste 32
HW 07 – Waste oils 33
HW 08 – Organic halogenated and/or sulphur containing solvents 34
HW 09 – Organic halogenated and/or sulphur containing waste 35
HW 10 – Organic solvents without halogens and sulphur 35
HW 11 – Other organic waste without halogens or sulphur 35
HW 12 – Tarry and Bituminous waste 35
HW 13 and GW 13 - Brines 36
HW 14, HW 15 GW 14 and GW 15 - Ash 37
HW 16 - Slag 39
HW17 and GW 17 – Mineral waste 41
HW 18 and GW 18 – Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) 42
HW 19 - Health Care Risk Waste (HCRW) 43
HW 20 – Sewage Sludge 43
HW 99 - Miscellaneous 48
References 49
BRINE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES 77
EVAPORATION PONDS 77
MECHANICAL EVAPORATION 77
WIND AIDED INTENSIFIED EVAPORATION (WAIV) 78
DEWVAPORATION 78
DEEP WELL INJECTION (DWI) 78
NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS 79
BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION 79
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON (BAC) 79
REVERSE OSMOSIS 79
HIGH EFFICIENCY REVERSE OSMOSIS (HEROTM) 79
VIBRATING SHEAR ENHANCED PROCESSING (VSEP) MEMBRANES 79
ELECTRODIALYSIS (ED) 80
CAPACITIVE DEIONISATION (CDI) 80
FREEZE DESALINATION 80
EUTECTIC FREEZE CRYSTALLIZATION (EFC) 81
REFERENCE 81